Burner



Mar. 20, 1923. 1,449,336 G. M. LATIMER BURNER Filed Apr. 15, 1922Patented Mar. 239, i923.

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GEORGE M. LATIMER,OF CABPINTERIA', CALIFORNIA.

BURNER.

Application filed April 15, 1922. Serial in). 553,104.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. Larmrnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Carp-interia, in the county of Santa Barbara and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Burners, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to burners and more particularly to retortingburners.

An object of the invention is to provide a burner adapted to generategaseous fuel from liquid fuel and to provide for the continuedgeneration of the gas as the liquid fuel passes through a retortingmember.

Another object is to provide an improved construction of burner wherebythe flames from the burner retort will be evenly deflected from theburner outlet to secure a uniform distribution of the heat produced bythe generation of the fuel.

One embodiment of the invention is-herein described and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of apreferred construction of the burner in combination with the supplyreservoir.

Fig. 2 is a plan of the deflector plate. Fig. 3 is a section on line 33of Fig. 2. F ig. 4. is a section through the retort pipe The illustratedembodiment of my present invention comprises a fuel supply pipe 2 ofsuitable dimensions, and this is connected to a main control valve 3from which leads asmall conduit or tube a to a pressure associated withthe reservoir.

Preferably, directly mounted upon the supply pipe 2 is a pan 7 shown inplan as of elliptical form, although it may be of other shape ifdesired. The pan is provided with an upwardly curved bordering flange 8,and the pan is arranged lengthwise upon the pipe 2 to which it isattached as by means of clips 9.

At one end of the pipe 2 is an upturned 60 portion 10 and this in turnis provided with a horizontally extending retort member or tube 11 whichmay be closed at the outer end by-"eap 12.

A feature of the present invention consists of means for withdrawingfrom the retort tube 11 a stream of substantially clean liquid fuel,that is fuel which is free of sediment. To secure this, there isarranged in the retort tube 11 a discharge nipple 13 which extendsupwardly into the tube as shown in Fig. 4-, to a level considerablyabove the bottom of the tube so that in starting combustion at theburner when the valve 3 is opened, the liquid fuel passes from the upperportion of the retort member 11 into the upper end of the nipple 13 fromwhich it is discharged vertically down upon the central fiat'portion ofthe pan 7 which constitutes a deflector for the flame of combustion. Thenipple 13 is shown as consisting of a tube having a small axial port toproduce a relatively fine discharge stream or jet, and the nipple issecured in a bushing 14: which is screwed into the bottom of the retortmember 11.

After a small quantity of liquid fuel has been discharged into the pan7, it is ignited by a match or other means, and the combustion of thisinitial supply heats the retort member 11 and therefore the fueltherein, so that the latter is discharged in a heated condition throughthe nipple 13 straight down upon the pan 7. The flames of combustion arediverted uniformly fromthe point of impact of the jet of fuel againstthe bottom of the pan 7 by reason of the perpendicular direction of thestream as to the bottom of the pan.

Various changes and modifications may be made without departing from thespirit of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. F11 an oil burner, a fuel pipe, a pan having a surrounding, upwardlycurved flange, means for attaching the pan in a position upon the top ofthe pipe, and a retort attached to the said pipe and disposed above thepan and having a nipple arranged to discharge a stream of fuelperpendicularly upon the pan.

2. In an oil burner, a fuel pipe, a pan having a surrounding, upwardlycurved flange, means for attaching the pan in a position upon the top ofthe pipe, and a retort at tached to the said pipe and disposed above thepan and having a nipple arranged to discharge a stream of fuelperpendicularly and projecting upwardly from its bottom upon the pan,said pan being elliptical in surface said nipple being arranged to dis-10 plan and arranged lengthwise 0n the pipe. carge clean liquid fueldirectly upon the 3. In an oil burner, a fiat pan having an fiat portionof said pan.

:- upturned flange, a retort pipe connected In testimony whereof I havesigned my with a supply pipe to Which said flat pan name to thisspecification. is secured, and a nipple extending through a bushing inthe bottom of said retort pipe GEORGE M. LATIMER.

